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The neuro community rehabilitation team offers specialist rehabilitation to patients with a confirmed neurological diagnosis over the age of 18 in East and North Hertfordshire. Treatment is offered at home or in outpatient clinics or groups depending on need.
The team consists of specialist nurses for Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a neurological navigator for rare and rapid neurological conditions, clinical psychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and rehabilitation assistants The team also incorporates a specialist acquired brain injury service and a Functional Neurological Disorder service for these groups of patients. Speech and Language therapy, Dietetics and non specialist community nursing are not available through this service but are available via referral to the relevant HCT service.
This team accepts referrals from local hospitals, GPs and wider health professionals, tertiary centres and self referrals from patients and their families who have been seen by the service in the past year.. Referrals should be sent to hct.neuroservice@nhs.net
Contact the service
Tel: 0300 123 7571
- How the service is provided
- Who is eligible for the service
- What will happen at your appointment
- Useful information
- Making a referral
- Patient experience
How the service is provided
- Expert assessment
- Outpatient and community teams offer access to therapy at our neurological units, patients may be seen at home if their goals require this
- Nurse led clinics for people with Parkinson's and MS
- Group and virtual provision
- Joint working with leisure, sports facilities, social services, palliative and other specialist services
Who is eligible for the service
- People aged 18 and over with a consultant diagnosed neurological condition
- Registered with a GP in East or North Hertfordshire
For people with:
- Acquired brain injury (head injury)
- Acquired spinal injury
- Adults with neurological conditions from birth
- Guillain-Barre
- Motor neurone disease
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Parkinson's
- Stroke
- Other rare neurological conditions
What will happen at your appointment
During your initial assessment we will complete an in-depth assessment of your current situation. By the end of your initial assessment, together, we will have identified with you the areas you would like to work on, and form a personal health care plan for your future treatment. You may be offered individual therapy sessions and/or groups. We can also provide appropriate information about other services you may find beneficial to you now, or in the future.
Useful information
Patient Information Leaflets
ABI Patient Information Leaflet.
SD Patient Information Leaflet
ESD Patient Information Leaflet
Websites
Parkinson's UK
Parkinson's support and research charity.
www.parkinsons.org.uk
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Information about Multiple Sclerosis, the condition, symptoms, who and why people get it and what to do if you find out that you or one of your family are diagnosed with MS.
www.mssociety.org.uk
Multiple Sclerosis Trust
A UK charity, providing information for anyone affected by MS, education programmes for health professionals, funding for practical research and campaigning for specialist multiple sclerosis services.
www.mstrust.org.uk
Stroke Association
The Stroke Association funds research into prevention, treatment and better methods of rehabilitation and helps stroke patients and their families directly through its Life After Stroke Services.
www.stroke.org.uk
Headway UK
Providing support to the local Groups and Branches and helps to deliver high quality services through guidance on policies, procedures, standards and training.
www.headway.org.uk
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association
The association is dedicated to the support of people with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) and the related disease Cortico Basal Degeneration (CBD) and those who care for them.
www.pspeur.org
Motor Neurone Disease Association
The only national charity in England, Wales and Northern Ireland that funds and promotes global research into the disease and provides support for people affected by MND.
www.mndassociation.org
Friends of Danesbury and Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital
It is the objective of the 'Friends' to support the provision of National Health Services based on the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital and the Danesbury Neurological Centre in School Lane, Welwyn, Hertfordshire.
www.danesburyqvm.co.uk
Making a referral
Please complete the digital referrral form to make a referral to this service.
For any queries, please contact the service by emailing hct.neuroservices@nhs.net or calling us on 0300 123 7571
Patient experience
If you would like to share your story, please contact the Patient Experience team on 01707 388036 or email hct.patientexperienceteam@nhs.net
We would also love to hear about your experience on our service, please complete a survey by clicking here.
I feel that it was a huge privilege to be the first person in Hertfordshire to take the "Big Programme" for Parkinson's disease patients.
It was not a simple task on which to commit. When you consider I had to rely on my husband's willingness to bear the load of getting me organised and ready to start on time everyday. However, the main driving forces for both of us were George and Susie. They were steadfastly determined and encouraging, dished out with a sense of fun. We just couldn't let them down.
The results were amazing. I went from being unable to walk to walking around the outside of the Jackets Field building twice. The skills I learned are proving to be a very useful "toolkit".
Has it lasted? From the end of the course through Christmas I was much better physically and cognitively than before the course. I did get very stressed and tired after Christmas, but I did my exercises because they made me feel better. I actually walked to my daughter's house on Christmas day and back late evening (Over 400 yards one way). Coming up to New Year I went downhill and was in a bad way from New Year's day onwards, I sat for two days and had real difficulty moving. However my husband encouraged me and pushed me to make a move and I am now working my way back to fitness I think in all I only missed two days of exercises completely and did a week of one session only. I am back to exercising twice daily.
We have both been surprised at how quickly the BIG toolkit has got me back to being well.
Thank you George and Susie for my "toolkit". I hope you will be able to offer the "BIG" course to other Parkinson's patients, it really has improved our quality of life.
